Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what plans she has to commit new resources at the upcoming global covid-19 summit to help end the covid-19 pandemic and build better global health systems.

The UK is joining the US and other partners in reaffirming our support to the global response to COVID-19 and renewing our commitment to ending the acute phase of the pandemic in vulnerable countries, as we agreed under the UK G7 Presidency last year. In total the UK committed £2.1 billion in 2020-21 to help end the pandemic and manage its impacts. Since December 2021, the UK has committed £265 million to expand COVID-19 testing capacity globally, boost oxygen supplies, and invest in the next generation of vaccines.